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- [Narrator] The Tuskegee
Gallery means that

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there was a significant
portion of a military history,

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particularly African-Americans
in the U S military,

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which occurred in world war two.

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This is very important as far
as civil rights activities

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in the U S as well as in the military.

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Somebody from the press asked ,

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"When did you feel like
you wanted to quit?"

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Their response was, "We don't
even know the word quit."

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We just kept ongoing
because it was so important

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to our race, is so
important to the nation.

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And of course that was a time when

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there was much segregation

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in the military.

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Basically there were two air forces.

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There was the the white air force

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and there was the black air force,

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and there was not much of
the operational air force

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for blacks until the
Tuskegee Airmen came along.

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It was all about being able to demonstrate

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to the American people that yes we can,

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we can contribute to
freedom of our country,

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despite the fact that we'd
been discriminated against.

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We're here and we think this
is the best form of government.

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So we're gonna ,we're
gonna fight for that idea.

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In order to be effective and efficient,

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as far as how to conduct
combat operations,

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we need to work together.

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We need to work together.

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So I think that's the big lesson to learn.

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- [Man] Everything was in line.

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Let's shut up, don't make any noise,

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get your haircuts, fatigues,

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maybe they fit.

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maybe they didn't, but you
took what was given to you.